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'''Raniero Panzieri''' ([[Rome]], 1921 - [[Turin]], 9 October 1964), Italian politician, writer and Marxist theoretician, considered as the founder of [[operaismo]].
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'''Raniero Panzieri''' (14 February 1921 – [[Turin]], 9 October 1964) was an Italian politician, writer and Marxist theoretician, considered as the founder of [[operaismo]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Raniero Panzieri {{!}} workerscontrol.net |url=http://www.workerscontrol.net/activists/raniero-panzieri-0 |access-date=2023-05-09 |website=www.workerscontrol.net |quote="Raniero Panzieri is among the main intellectuals who have animated the Italian workers' movement in the sixties. The new intellectual wave known as operaismo focused upon a peculiar interpretation of marxism that theorized the centrality of the working class. This brought about a profound fracture with the traditional left parties, the Italian Communist Party and the Italian Socialist Party which had chosen instead to make their way within the institutions of the State, gradually taking distance from the workers' movement."}}</ref>


== Biography ==
==Biography==
Raniero Panzieri was born in [[Rome]] in 1921.<ref name=swright/> He lived in Sicily and was active in the ranks of the [[Italian Socialist Party]]. Whilst taking an active part in struggles for land reform, he began to write. In 1953 he became a member of the central committee of the PSI and then in 1957 the co-director of the theoretical review ''[[Mondo operaio]]'' (Workers World), which he turned into a discussion forum for the left of the party. During this period he translated [[Karl Marx]]'s ''[[Das Kapital|Capital]]'' into Italian.


At the 1959 congress of the Italian Socialist Party, Panzieri opposed the creation of a governmental accord with [[Christian Democracy (Italy)|Christian Democracy]]. This led to his expulsion from the party. He then moved to [[Turin]], where he worked for the [[Giulio Einaudi Editore|Einaudi]] publishing house. He forged links with several groups of militant trade unionists, socialists and dissident communists. Influenced by the French group [[Socialisme ou Barbarie]] he founded the ''[[Quaderni Rossi]]'' (Red Notebooks) review, together with [[Mario Tronti]], [[Romano Alquati]] and [[Danilo Montaldi]].
Living in Sicily, Raniero Panzieri was active in the ranks of the [[Italian Socialist Party]]. Whilst taking an active part in struggles for land reform, he simultaneously began to write. In 1953 he became a member of the central committee of the PSI and then in 1957 the co-director of the theoretical review ''[[Mondo operaio]]'' (Workers World), which he turned into a discussion forum for the left of the party. During this period he translated [[Karl Marx]]'s ''[[Das Kapital|Capital]]'' into Italian.

At the 1959 congress of the Italian Socialist Party, he opposed the creation of a governmental accord with the Italian Christian Democratic Party. This led to his expulsion from the party.

He then moved to [[Turin]], where he worked for the [[Giulio Einaudi Editore|Einaudi]] publishing house. He forged links with several groups of militant trade unionists, socialists and dissident communists. Influenced by the French group [[Socialisme ou Barbarie]] he founded the ''[[Quaderni Rossi]]'' (Red Notebooks) review, together with [[Mario Tronti]], [[Romano Alquati]] and [[Daniel Montaldi]].
In the industrial revolt of the ''piazza Statuto'' in 1962 in Turin, Panzieri saw the emergence of the central role of the factory and the (factory) worker. The first editions of the review, which aimed at exploring the real life of the factory and the relationship of the workers to production, had a profound impact in the sphere of workplace struggles, as they departed from the habitual positions of the socialists and communists in this area. Mario Tronti would split off in 1963 to form the review ''[[Classe Operaia]]'' (Working Class).
In the industrial revolt of the ''piazza Statuto'' in 1962 in Turin, Panzieri saw the emergence of the central role of the factory and the (factory) worker. The first editions of the review, which aimed at exploring the real life of the factory and the relationship of the workers to production, had a profound impact in the sphere of workplace struggles, as they departed from the habitual positions of the socialists and communists in this area. Mario Tronti would split off in 1963 to form the review ''[[Classe Operaia]]'' (Italian: ''Working Class''). This review was the cradle of [[operaismo]] (workerism), a Marxist tendency popular in Italy in the 1960s.<ref name=swright>{{cite book|author=Steve Wright |title=Storming Heaven: Class Composition and Struggle in Italian Autonomist Marxism|year=2002|publisher=[[Pluto Press]]|location=London|page=16 |doi=10.2307/j.ctt18fs7pq |isbn=9781786801173|url=https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt18fs7pq}}</ref> Panzieri was praised by the magazine as follows: "among the countless leaders of the organised movement only one had consciously chosen the path of his own defeat, because this led towards the working class."<ref name=swright/>


Panzieri died in [[Turin]], aged 43.
This review was the cradle of [[operaismo]] (workerism), a Marxist tendency popular in Italy in the 1960s and 1970s.

==Bibliography==
*Raniero Panzieri, "Socialist uses of workers' enquiry"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Socialist uses of workers' inquiry |url=https://www.generation-online.org/t/tpanzieri.htm |access-date=2022-08-26 |website=www.generation-online.org}}</ref>
*Raniero Panzieri, "Seven Theses on Workers' Control (1958)"<ref>{{Cite web |last=Panzieri |first=Raniero |date=2014-09-09 |title=Seven Theses on Workers' Control (1958) |url=https://viewpointmag.com/2014/09/09/seven-theses-on-workers-control-1958/ |access-date=2022-08-26 |website=Viewpoint Magazine |language=en-US}}</ref>
*Raniero Panzieri, "Surplus value and planning: notes on the reading of Capital"<ref>{{cite web | url=http://zerowork.org/PanzieriPlanning.html#* | title=Raniero Panzieri Surplus value and planning: Notes on the reading of 'Capital' }}</ref>


== Bibliography ==
* Raniero Panzieri, "Socialist uses of workers' enquiry", [http://www.generation-online.org/t/tpanzieri.htm].
*''Raniero Panzieri: un uomo di frontiera'', Editions Punto Rosso, 330 p.
*''Raniero Panzieri: un uomo di frontiera'', Editions Punto Rosso, 330 p.


== Further reading ==
==Further reading==
* Steve Wright ''Storming Heaven: Class composition and struggle in Italian Autonomist Marxism'' (University of Michigan Press ISBN 0-7453-1607-9 {{Please check ISBN|reason=Check digit (9) does not correspond to calculated figure.}}) (Extract: [http://libcom.org/library/the-workerists-and-the-unions-in-italys-hot-autumn The Workerists and the unions in Italy's 'Hot Autumn' at Libcom.org])
*Steve Wright ''Storming Heaven: Class composition and struggle in Italian Autonomist Marxism'' (University of Michigan Press {{ISBN|0-7453-1606-9}}) (Extract: [http://libcom.org/library/the-workerists-and-the-unions-in-italys-hot-autumn The Workerists and the unions in Italy's 'Hot Autumn' at Libcom.org])


==References==
== External links ==
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* {{it}} [http://transform.eipcp.net/transversal/0406/panzieri/it ''Uso socialista dell'inchiesta operaia'', Quaderni Rossi, 1965.]


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Raniero Panzieri in 1951.
Raniero Panzieri in 1951.

Raniero Panzieri (14 February 1921 – Turin, 9 October 1964) was an Italian politician, writer and Marxist theoretician, considered as the founder of operaismo.[1]

Biography

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Raniero Panzieri was born in Rome in 1921.[2] He lived in Sicily and was active in the ranks of the Italian Socialist Party. Whilst taking an active part in struggles for land reform, he began to write. In 1953 he became a member of the central committee of the PSI and then in 1957 the co-director of the theoretical review Mondo operaio (Workers World), which he turned into a discussion forum for the left of the party. During this period he translated Karl Marx's Capital into Italian.

At the 1959 congress of the Italian Socialist Party, Panzieri opposed the creation of a governmental accord with Christian Democracy. This led to his expulsion from the party. He then moved to Turin, where he worked for the Einaudi publishing house. He forged links with several groups of militant trade unionists, socialists and dissident communists. Influenced by the French group Socialisme ou Barbarie he founded the Quaderni Rossi (Red Notebooks) review, together with Mario Tronti, Romano Alquati and Danilo Montaldi.

In the industrial revolt of the piazza Statuto in 1962 in Turin, Panzieri saw the emergence of the central role of the factory and the (factory) worker. The first editions of the review, which aimed at exploring the real life of the factory and the relationship of the workers to production, had a profound impact in the sphere of workplace struggles, as they departed from the habitual positions of the socialists and communists in this area. Mario Tronti would split off in 1963 to form the review Classe Operaia (Italian: Working Class). This review was the cradle of operaismo (workerism), a Marxist tendency popular in Italy in the 1960s.[2] Panzieri was praised by the magazine as follows: "among the countless leaders of the organised movement only one had consciously chosen the path of his own defeat, because this led towards the working class."[2]

Panzieri died in Turin, aged 43.

Bibliography

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  • Raniero Panzieri, "Socialist uses of workers' enquiry"[3]
  • Raniero Panzieri, "Seven Theses on Workers' Control (1958)"[4]
  • Raniero Panzieri, "Surplus value and planning: notes on the reading of Capital"[5]
  • Raniero Panzieri: un uomo di frontiera, Editions Punto Rosso, 330 p.

Further reading

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  • Steve Wright Storming Heaven: Class composition and struggle in Italian Autonomist Marxism (University of Michigan Press ISBN 0-7453-1606-9) (Extract: The Workerists and the unions in Italy's 'Hot Autumn' at Libcom.org)

References

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  1. ^ "Raniero Panzieri | workerscontrol.net". www.workerscontrol.net. Retrieved 9 May 2023. Raniero Panzieri is among the main intellectuals who have animated the Italian workers' movement in the sixties. The new intellectual wave known as operaismo focused upon a peculiar interpretation of marxism that theorized the centrality of the working class. This brought about a profound fracture with the traditional left parties, the Italian Communist Party and the Italian Socialist Party which had chosen instead to make their way within the institutions of the State, gradually taking distance from the workers' movement.
  2. ^ a b c Steve Wright (2002). Storming Heaven: Class Composition and Struggle in Italian Autonomist Marxism. London: Pluto Press. p. 16. doi:10.2307/j.ctt18fs7pq. ISBN 9781786801173.
  3. ^ "Socialist uses of workers' inquiry". www.generation-online.org. Retrieved 26 August 2022.
  4. ^ Panzieri, Raniero (9 September 2014). "Seven Theses on Workers' Control (1958)". Viewpoint Magazine. Retrieved 26 August 2022.
  5. ^ "Raniero Panzieri Surplus value and planning: Notes on the reading of 'Capital'".
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